Comments on: Places Link Removed From Google More Menuhttp://blumenthals.com/blog/2013/04/30/places-link-removed-from-google-more-menu/
Developing Knowledge about Local SearchTue, 03 Mar 2015 15:11:42 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1By: Deennahttp://blumenthals.com/blog/2013/04/30/places-link-removed-from-google-more-menu/comment-page-1/#comment-652384
Fri, 05 Jul 2013 00:54:41 +0000http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=14769#comment-652384Please tell google to add places back to the site. This is a (well was) great feature and all of my friends miss using this and have considered nt using google because of this.
]]>By: Scotthttp://blumenthals.com/blog/2013/04/30/places-link-removed-from-google-more-menu/comment-page-1/#comment-628642
Wed, 15 May 2013 14:05:13 +0000http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=14769#comment-628642I have found recently while trying to manually claim a new places page over the phone that the Google Local team (in charge of places) has no control over what the Google Plus team does. At least this is what they had told me over the phone.

Despite my repeated attempts to contact the Plus team (they don’t have a direct line), the changes I have requested have not been approved for my Local+ page. I find myself thinking, “what gives?”

After all, if they are going to rebrand Places under the Plus umbrella, they should really just combine those departments for better efficiency so no one gets stuck in limbo.

]]>By: Pramod Kumarhttp://blumenthals.com/blog/2013/04/30/places-link-removed-from-google-more-menu/comment-page-1/#comment-628119
Tue, 14 May 2013 07:49:53 +0000http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=14769#comment-628119I have checked it now in India, Google Places no more existing in More. Thanks for this excellent write-up Mike. So, if our Business is listed in Google+ page, does it not required to be listed in Google Places ?
]]>By: Chris Alphenhttp://blumenthals.com/blog/2013/04/30/places-link-removed-from-google-more-menu/comment-page-1/#comment-623878
Fri, 03 May 2013 20:38:39 +0000http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=14769#comment-623878@jamie

Talk about hopsctching – I read your comment via email and had to hustle over here to say hear – hear. you are spot on – and a riot too.

]]>By: Jamiehttp://blumenthals.com/blog/2013/04/30/places-link-removed-from-google-more-menu/comment-page-1/#comment-623847
Fri, 03 May 2013 17:49:40 +0000http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=14769#comment-623847They’re too busy making driverless cars and sunglasses to focus on local search. What a boondoggle. It seems like they’re going backwards. But whatever…it’s just a multi billion dollar business in the balance. Bing could possibly make serious hay here, but they won’t! But they could. Google is over thinking this. Just have a local search tab that is linked to general search and maniacally focus on making their local search the absolute best on the planet – clean, super useful results. If Google+ can be a part of that, neat. But it shouldn’t be their PRIMARY focus to the exclusion of the above mentioned. They should focus on hard core fundamentals. Jim in local is too busy trying to hop scotch his way into the sunglass department to care about this. Billy Ray wants to work on the next car phone module. And robots. Mars landing team. Local must be like ‘bench’ at Google.
]]>By: Clay Houghtonhttp://blumenthals.com/blog/2013/04/30/places-link-removed-from-google-more-menu/comment-page-1/#comment-623416
Thu, 02 May 2013 16:37:29 +0000http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=14769#comment-623416I have noticed that under the “7 Pack” it used to say “more” or “see more” but that has been removed. And wasn’t the “Places” where it now says “maps”?
Lots of changes. Making those 7 slots a lot more lucrative.
]]>By: Mike Blumenthalhttp://blumenthals.com/blog/2013/04/30/places-link-removed-from-google-more-menu/comment-page-1/#comment-623367
Thu, 02 May 2013 12:52:10 +0000http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=14769#comment-623367@Scott
It certainly seems related…. Places nearby was the obvious way to get into more local results…. Now there is no way to show them if you want more than 7.

@Darren
Thanks!

@Jim
No roadmap yet. I have asked Google but have heard nothing… perhaps a big rebranding is in the works… who knows..

@Adam
I am sure that you saw Darren’s search parameter as well?

@Chris
I agree the user should, somehow, have the opportunity to see more local results if the first 7 are not what they are looking for.

@Jeffrey
Yes… it is all rather confusing… I do assume that there is a rebranding coming and this is in preparation but it could just be Wild West… that would not be out of character.

]]>By: Jeffreyhttp://blumenthals.com/blog/2013/04/30/places-link-removed-from-google-more-menu/comment-page-1/#comment-623363
Thu, 02 May 2013 12:39:07 +0000http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=14769#comment-623363Mike, What do you make of your comment, “Equally significant is that there is no unique locally focused brand.”? I mean surely this is breaking all sorts of logical Business 101 rules if their intent is to maximize SMB interaction and potential future revenue. But they’ve been consistently breaking these rules for years. Do you suppose that some sort of more focused re-brand or roll-out-of-something is pending and this is all thought out – or is it just the Wild West over there? Honestly I’ve been perplexed by the fact that “Places” links and mentions have stuck around this long. Wasn’t this “transition” happening last summer? My God, last summer feels like 2006 in Local.
]]>By: Chris Alphenhttp://blumenthals.com/blog/2013/04/30/places-link-removed-from-google-more-menu/comment-page-1/#comment-623357
Thu, 02 May 2013 12:17:27 +0000http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=14769#comment-623357User expeience is seriously compromised since places (G+) listings now show no description other than # of reviews.
SAB’s are still being punished by Google because they’ve been told to hide their address and not to merge. I’m more than a little concerned about how much longer we’ll be able to rank in maps with a hidden address.

In the land of Google are verticals like applications, patents, recipes, flights, and discussions more useful than local?